West Virginia Bridal Shows and Events

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West Virginia Wedding Show Wrap Up

This weekend the Tamarack Conference Center in Beckley once again hosted the West Virginia bridal show billed as the 10th Annual Bridal, Prom and Special Occasions Fair.

Bridal Shows are great because they are the perfect opportunity to actually talk with wedding vendors as well as get wedding tips and ideas.

Juliana Patton of Beckley, whose wedding is more than a year away, was the lucky winner of the grand prize, a Broyhill bedroom suite valued at $2,500 offered by John Eye’s Big Sandy Superstore in Beckley, West Virginia.

The bridal show itself was fabulous with a nice flow of guests who visited the wedding and event vendors, sampled delicious (and free) food, collected information and attended the fashion show.

Some of the wonderful West Virginia wedding vendors at this bridal event were:

• Belk - several store locations in West Virginia.
• Flowers by Nancy - a well-known West Virginia wedding florist located Beckley.
• Gillespie’s Flowers and Productions - a West Virginia wedding florist located in White Sulphur Springs that provides many wedding services in West Virginia including tenting, lighting, rentals, and of course florals.
• Harvey’s Fashions and Bridal - a popular West Virginia Bridal Store located in Beckley West Virginia.
• Magnolia Room - a Victorian style tearoom that is located in Princeton and is perfect for West Virginia wedding receptions and special events.
• Special Touches Cakes and Catering - a wonderful West Virginia catering company located in Princeton, West Virginia.
• The Confluence Resort - a West Virginia wedding venue near Hico.

Sponsors for the show were Belk, The Register-Herald, Harvey’s Fashions and Bridal, Tamarack Conference Center and Flowers by Nancy.

See also: West Virginia Weddings

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Average Cost of Weddings in West Virginia

Good news for engaged couples in West Virginia! Although the average cost of a wedding in the United States is approximately $26,800, the average cost of a wedding in West Virginia is only $21,100 according to this article by Beth Gorczyca in The State Journal and The Wedding Report, a wedding statistics Web site. (Keep in mind that this number does not include the engagement ring and the honeymoon.)

According to this article and The Wedding Report, weddings in Mississippi are the least expensive in the U.S. with the average Mississippi wedding costing around $18,526. West Virginia is next in line with the lowest average for wedding costs.

It is common knowledge that the average age of the bride and groom has risen over the past few years as people are waiting later in their lives to get married. Because of this the tradition of the Bride's parents footing the bill for the entire wedding has fallen by the wayside. It is much more common these days for couples to pay for their own weddings or at least a portion of their own weddings. According to this article, this is also true for weddings in West Virginia. This article states, "The most common form of paying for a wedding in West Virginia is having both sets of parents, as well as the bride and groom, contribute."

The breakdown of wedding expenses for weddings in West Virginia as published in this article seems pretty typical - approximately 50% going to the reception, 10% to photo and video, etc. For a more detailed breakdown of the wedding expenses, please refer to the article in The State Journal: Here Comes the ... Bill by Beth Gorczyca.

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